Old Dominion's Matthew Ramsey

Old Dominion has racked up multiple ACM Awards and two Grammy nominations.

WhatMatthew RamseyTalks About in This Episode

“Buchanan is very storybook.

And it is right on the James River and right in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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So it’s beautiful, and everybody knows everybody.

It was a great place to grow up.

I think, as a teenager, I thought it was a little boring.

“My mom is a very good cook and my dad is too.

But (Dad) has actually always been the breakfast cook.

So he loves to cook big breakfasts every morning.

Sausage gravy was a big one.

“My parents were just always very supportive of me.

We were not an extremely musical family.

My dad is a huge fan of all music.

So he played a lot of music all the time.

The radio is always on.

There’s always music in the house.

And I had a couple of uncles that were musical, and that always fascinated me.

They would encourage me for sure.

And, I’d be like, oh, that’s a good idea.

So, then I’d pick it up and play it.

So between that and painting and drawing, that’s how I spent most of my time.”

“Honestly, no one was ever really meant to hear that.

That was just something that I was feeling.

It’s hard, but we’re getting through this.

In the South, talking about food is personal.

It’s a way of sharing your history, your family, your culture, and yourself.

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